Descendants of David H. and Sarah (Clement)
Joseph
The family moved to Trumbull County, Ohio,
about 1869 (son-in-law
Robert Lewis was naturalized there) before heading west. This area was another coal mining region, and
the family must have dreamed of a better life than that offered in industrial Ohio. In the spring of 1870 they decided to head
west to homestead on the new lands of Nebraska.
Robert and Ann Lewis (with four young children including newly-born Lydia) and brother
William Lewis (with wife Mary and newly-born Lizzie) were ready to leave Ohio behind and face the
unknown. David and the older sons David
D., Lorenzo, and Joseph joined Robert and William Lewis on the long journey to Nebraska. Sarah and the younger children remained in Ohio for the time being.
The 1870 census for Platte County, Nebraska,
shows David and son David D. farming in Joliet Township
near Postville. Although sons Lorenzo
and Joseph were not listed in the census, they certainly WERE in Platte County
in early 1870. On March 1st,
1870, son Lorenzo paid $300 to Charles Hughes for 320 acres near
Postville. In fact, all of this land was
owned by the U.S. Government at the time, and half would later be deeded by the
government to the Union Pacific Railroad.
The other half would be homesteaded by brothers Joseph and Lorenzo. On April 12, 1870, David and sons Lorenzo,
David D., and Joseph visit the County Clerk at Columbus
and file applications 1215 through 1218 for homesteads. The following month, on May 27th,
1870, the Josephs traveled to the land office at Grand Island, Nebraska,
and each paid the $14 required to officially register his homestead.
David and the boys
returned to Ohio for Sarah and the younger
children, and the entire family is listed in the 1870 census (with David
identified as a “coal digger”) for Hubbard
Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. The Trumbull
County census was taken several months
later than the Platte
County census, which
accounts for the oddity of being listed in two censuses in the same year. (Lorenzo is next door at the time the census
taker came.) The youngest daughter Ann,
three years old at the time of the census, does not appear in any future
records.
The family moved to Nebraska and David began
building a home for them. On November 2nd,
1876, David filed proof that he was entitled to the homestead. Two witnesses swore that David lived on the
property since May 27th, 1870, that he built a sod house 16x26 feet
in size with one door and three windows; that he plowed 35 acres and set out three
acres of trees; and that he built a sod stable 18x40 feet in size with a 20x50
foot corral. He also dug a well.
The following year,
on March 1, 1877, David and sons David D., Lorenzo, and Joseph were given full
title to their homesteads. One home housed
the entire Joseph family. The Walker Road,
running from southwest to northeast along the northern bank of Shell Creek,
roughly bisected the lands of David and son David D. In 1875 David and his three
older sons were among the petitioners, led by Robert Lewis, for the county to
build a new road running north-south between section boundaries. This road, called the “Lewis Road”, originally ran for three
miles – from the northern lot line of David D. Joseph’s property to the
southern boundary of the Owen Parry farm – south of where the Postville Welsh
Church stands today.
Three years later, in
April of 1880, David added to his land to the south by buying the 40 northern
acres of son-in law Robert Lewis’s land for $120. The 1880 Platte County
census shows David as a 58-year-old farmer.
Sarah was 55 years old and there were five children living at home:
David, age 32, Lorenzo, age 30, Joseph, age 28, Sarah, age 24, and William, age
19. None of the Josephs could read or
write English.
Over the next five
years Lorenzo, Joseph, and Sarah marry and leave the house; in fact, Lorenzo
and Sarah had a double wedding. Sons
David D. and William stayed with their parents and never married.
In 1884 the First
Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church (Postville
Welsh Church)
building was erected. David, Sarah, and
sons David D., Joseph, and William are all buried in the cemetery there.
The farm did well
enough that on April 3rd, 1886, David bought another 80 acres from
the Union Pacific Railroad for $320 – expanding his holdings to the east side
of the Lewis Road. The map on page 206
shows the 640 acres near Postville eventually owned by David Joseph, sons David
D., Lorenzo, and Joseph, and son-in-law Robert Lewis.
During the summer of
1890, David fell ill. He knew he didn’t
have much longer to live and, on June 28th, signed his last will and
testament in a shaky hand. Three days
after signing the will, David died at his home.
He was almost 70 years old. He is
buried in the cemetery of the Postville
Welsh Church.
The will left
everything to his wife, Sarah. After her
death, sons David D. and William, still living at home and expected to care for
their mother, received the bulk of the estate.
Daughter Ann received $5, while Joseph, Lorenzo, and daughter Sarah got
$50 each.
Sarah acted as
executrix of her husband’s estate. The
inventory taken after David’s death revealed the harshness of farm life in Platte County
in the late 1800s. Of the 200 acres
owned by David H. Joseph, only 52 were under cultivation. Livestock consisted of horses, a few milking
cows, and some hogs and sheep. The farm
was structured only to satisfy the needs of the Joseph family – not to produce
something like beef cattle or a cash crop that could be sold on the open
market.
In 1894 son Lorenzo
was divorced from wife Hannah (Johnson) and left his ex-wife and five children
to fend for themselves. He headed for Canada and was
never heard from again. Neighbor Arthur
Smith and his wife Sarah (almost certainly Hannah’s sister) were appointed as
guardians of Lorenzo’s five children in February of 1894. The next year his ex-wife Hannah remarried –
Sylvester Nott was her new husband. The
children, however, remain with Arthur and Sarah Smith. Hannah and Sylvester sell Lorenzo’s 80 acres
to C. J. Garlow on January 10th, 1896.
Sarah dies on March 3rd,
1899. Sarah did not have a will, and the
terms of David’s will were now valid. Of
David H. Joseph’s 200 acres, David D. got 60 acres and William 140. Since David D. already had 80 acres, both sons
now had 140 acres. On March 30th,
Joseph Joseph filed a complaint in County Court alleging that his brothers
David D. and William concealed property and information about Sarah’s wishes
for disposition of her estate. The
administrator, William R. Jones, was empowered by the court to sell the
personal property and did so on June 3rd, 1899. The sale brought $722.25.
Related to this,
Arthur Smith, guardian of Lorenzo’s children, petitioned the County Court on
December 6th, 1899, to recover the $50 due Lorenzo according to the
terms of David H. Joseph’s will (the money had never been paid Lorenzo). In addition, Mr. Smith asked for $2000 to
help defray his child care expenses as guardian of the children. The court agreed to the payment of $50, but
not to the additional $2000. Eventually
the Smiths moved back to Canada
along with the four youngest Joseph children.
Oldest daughter Lottie M. Joseph stayed in Platte County.
On February 3rd,
1900, Joseph Joseph sold his 80-acre homestead to his wife, Rachel, for
$2400. Joseph died in 1914.
David D. Joseph died
on December 15, 1915. His will gave $500
to his sister, Sarah Folliot. $5 is
bequeathed to missing brother Lorenzo, and David’s remaining personal property,
including his 140 acres of land, goes to brother
William, who was appointed executor.
William died on June 11th, 1923, without a will. The assets were divided according to the
rules of the court. This resulted in
sister Ann (Joseph) Lewis’s nine children each receiving a 1/36th
share, brother Lorenzo’s five children (most now living in Canada) each
receiving a 1/20th share, brother Joseph’s three children each
receiving a 1/12th share, and sister Sarah (Joseph) Folliot
receiving a 1/4th share of the estate. Since the land alone was worth about $30,000
and William had personal property, mostly certificates of deposit, worth
another $30,000, this resulted in a substantial estate at the time. Robert Lewis, son of Robert and Ann (Joseph)
Lewis, is appointed executor of the estate and asked the court to make a
partial distribution of $24,000 while the entire value of the estate was being
determined. Later in 1923, the court
asked an appraiser to determine the value of the estate, which was set at
$65,193.66 after expenses. On February
26th, 1924, the court authorized a partial payment of $22,000 to be
divided among the heirs.
On July 7th,
1924, Rachel Joseph deeds the original Joseph Joseph homestead of 80 acres to
her three surviving children – William E. Joseph, Frank Joseph, and Jennie
Fry. The only stipulation is that the
children are to pay her $500 in yearly rent.
Lottie M. (Joseph)
Bacon, the oldest of Lorenzo’s children (and who had stayed in Platte County),
filed suit in District Court to have the William Joseph property sold at
auction so that the sale proceeds could be divided among the heirs. This was done on December 15th,
1925 – more than 2 ½ years after William’s death. The 80 acres east of the Lewis Road were sold to Edward H. Foltz
for $7,040. The 160 acres comprising the
original homesteads of David H. Joseph and David D. Joseph, along with the 40
acres bought from Robert Lewis, were sold to Joseph Joseph’s children William
E. Joseph, Frank Joseph, and Jennie (Joseph) Fry for $26,400. The proceeds from the land sale were finally
divided among the Joseph heirs.
An entry dated August
14, 1932, in the Postville Welsh
Church records noted the
following event:
Baptised
to the Christian faith
Mrs.
Jennie Drawbaugh [daughter of Joseph and Rachel Joseph]
Mr.
Robert Walter Drawbaugh
Mr.
Harry Fry
Mr.
William Joseph [son of Joseph Joseph]
Mr.
Frank Joseph [son of Joseph Joseph]
Mrs.
Sarah Turthen
The two farm
properties remained in the hands of the Joseph Joseph children until April 3rd,
1959, when the 80-acre Joseph Joseph homestead was sold to Edward
Slovinski. On December 22nd,
1964, the 200 acres which had belonged to David H. Joseph and son David D.,
including the original 80-acre homestead of David H. and Sarah Joseph, was sold
to Norbert and Betty Zoucha. For the
first time in more than 95 years, no Joseph owned land in Joliet Township.
FOURTH GENERATION
Children of David Henry and Sarah
(Clement) Joseph
4.0.0.0 ANN JOSEPH
B. July 8, 1845 (Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales)
D. October 18, 1914 (Columbus,
Platte County, Nebraska)
M. ROBERT LEWIS July 13, 1861 (Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio)
B.
ca. 1839 (Wales)
D.
April 16, 1912 (Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska)
C. 1.1.3.1.1 LORENZO
1.1.3.1.2
ROBERT
1.1.3.1.3
DAVID
1.1.3.1.4
LYDIA
1.1.3.1.5
HARRIET
1.1.3.1.6
DIANNA
1.1.3.1.7
MARTHA JANE
1.1.3.1.8
FRANCIS
1.1.3.1.9
JOHN
1.1.3.1.10 WILLIAM
1.1.3.1.11 SARAH ANNA
1.1.3.1.12 ELIZABETH
1.1.3.1.13 Baby Girl
Three
others
ANN and ROBERT moved to Nebraska with her father, DAVID HENRY
JOSEPH, and homesteaded next door to the Joseph farm. ROBERT is listed in the 1900 Platte County
census as having entered the U.S.
in 1859; wife ANN’s immigration date is listed as 1860. ROBERT’S mother HARRIET from Wales, listed as 79 years old, was living with
the family in the 1885 special Platte
County census. In addition to the thirteen children listed,
three other children died young and are buried near Postville in Platte County.
5.0.0.0 DAVID D. JOSEPH
B. July 7, 1849 (Wales)
D. December 15, 1915 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
DAVID
D. was listed with his father in the 1870 Platte
County, Nebraska,
census. He farmed the land next to his
father’s. DAVID and brother
WILLIAM ran the Joseph farm after the deaths of their parents. DAVID is listed as a landowner in the 1899
Plat Book of Platte County. WILLIAM
listed DAVID’S birthdate as March, 1848, in the 1900 Platte
County census for Joliet Township. DAVID’s U.S. immigration date is given as
1860. According to the census, DAVID
owned a farm free of mortgage and could not read or write. Several other Welsh farmers owned neighboring
farms. The 1900 census also shows
24-year-old Peter Sehncore, a farm laborer born in Wisconsin of German parents,
working on the Joseph farm. DAVID is buried
in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County, Nebraska.
6.0.0.0 LORENZO JOSEPH
B. October, 1851 (Penydarren, Glamorganshire, Wales)
D. Date Unknown
M. HANNAH JOHNSON August 31, 1882 (Park Hill Farm, Platte County, Nebraska)
B.
ca. 1856 (Canada)
D.
Date Unknown
C. 1.1.3.3.1 LOTTIE M.
1.1.3.3.2
Unknown Girl
1.1.3.3.3
JENNIE E.
1.1.3.3.4 ANNA L.
1.1.3.3.5 ESTELLA L.
1.1.3.3.6 DAVID H.
LORENZO
homesteaded 80 acres directly east of his brother
JOSEPH’S land. LORENZO had a double
wedding with sister SARAH. LORENZO and HANNAH divorced about 1894. LORENZO left Platte
County about that time, reportedly
went to Canada,
and was never heard from again. He was
declared legally dead by the Platte County Court in 1924. HANNAH remarried SYLVESTOR NOTT on December 7th,
1895, and sold the 80 acres. The
children of LORENZO and HANNAH were shown in the 1900 Platte County
census living with neighbor ARTHUR SMITH and his wife SARAH – almost certainly
HANNAH’s sister. LOTTIE, the oldest
child, remained in Platte County, but ARTHUR, SARAH, and the four younger
children moved to Caledonia,
Ontario, Canada.
7.0.0.0 JOSEPH JOSEPH
B. January 7, 1854 (Penydarren, Glamorganshire, Wales)
D. March 28, 1914 (Columbus,
Platte County, Nebraska)
M. RACHEL KRIEGER 1881 (Newton,
Jasper County, Iowa)
B.
December 8, 1864 (Pennsylvania)
D.
January 27, 1933 (Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska)
C. 1.1.3.4.1 SARAH
1.1.3.4.2
WILLIAM
1.1.3.4.3
DAVID H.
1.1.3.4.4
FRANK
1.1.3.4.5
JENNIE
After
moving West to Nebraska
in 1870, JOSEPH homesteaded 80 acres.
JOSEPH lived in Newton, Iowa,
for a short time and married there before moving back to Platte County. JOSEPH is listed as a landowner in the 1899
Plat Book of Platte County. JOSEPH and his
family are listed in the 1900 census for Joliet
Township, Platte County, Nebraska. JOSEPH is farming south of Shell Creek
directly south of ROBERT LEWIS’S land and near the original Joseph
homestead. He listed his birthdate as
January, 1852. The census indicated he
owned his farm free of mortgage and couldn’t read or write. JOSEPH left the farm to move into Columbus after an apple
core stuck in his throat in December of 1912.
A tumor developed and even a trip to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota could not
improve the situation. He subsisted on
liquid food for a number of months and the last four weeks of his life was kept
alive only by injections of nutrients.
He died at his home on West
16th Street in Columbus.
The 1914 Tax List for Platte County indicates that RACHEL, after JOSEPH’S death,
owns property with an assessed value of $410 in Columbus, Nebraska. She had turned the farm over to her children
by that time. RACHEL also died
painfully, from complications from amputating her leg following contracting
gangrene in her foot. JOSEPH and RACHEL
are both buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County.
8.0.0.0 SARAH JOSEPH
B. June, 1855 (Penydarren, Glamorganshire, Wales)
D. 1931
M. WILLIAM H. FOLLIOTT August 31, 1882 (Park Hill Farm,
Platte County, Nebraska)
B.
ca. 1855 (Illinois)
D.
1947
C. Unknown
SARAH
had a double wedding with brother LORENZO.
WILLIAM FOLLIOTT was the son of George H. Folliott and Margaret R.
Stooky. SARAH and WILLIAM are buried in
the Elmwood Cemetery
in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
9.0.0.0 WILLIAM JOSEPH
B. April 2, 1862 (Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio)
D. June 11, 1923 (Pasadena,
Los Angeles County, California)
WILLIAM
and his brother DAVID are listed on the Joseph farm in the 1900 Platte County, Nebraska,
census. WILLIAM listed his birthdate as February, 1862, in the 1900 Platte County
census for Joliet
Township. The U.S. immigration date is given as
1860. According to the
census, WILLIAM. owned a farm free of mortgage
and could not read or write. Several other
Welsh farmers owned neighboring farms.
WILLIAM is mentioned in the February 12, 1902, Columbus Journal as having attended the funeral of a neighbor, Mrs.
John Deegan. WILLIAM is listed as the
owner of his father’s homestead in the Platte County Atlas of 1923 (brother
DAVID had died by that time.) WILLIAM’s
remains were returned to Nebraska after his
death and he is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County.
10.0.0.0
ANN JOSEPH
B. ca. 1867 (Ohio)
D. Before November, 1876
ANN
appears in the 1870 Trumbull County,
Ohio, census.
FIFTH GENERATION
Children
of Robert and Ann (Joseph) Lewis
4.0.0.0.0
LORENZO LEWIS
B. 1864 (Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio)
D. After 1914
M. FANNIE 1891
C. Two
LORENZO
was a truck farmer. He was living in Monroe, Nebraska,
in 1914.
5.0.0.0.0
ROBERT LEWIS
B. March 24, 1865 (Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio)
D. July 10, 1925 (Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska)
M. ANNA S. 1893
B.
January, 1874 (Nebraska)
D.
Between 1914 and 1930
C. 1.1.3.1.2.1 CARL A.
1.1.3.1.2.2 EARL R.
1.1.3.1.2.3 VERN W.
1.1.3.1.2.4 ERVIN E.
1.1.3.1.2.5 RAYMOND L.
1.1.3.1.2.6 LUCILLE
1.1.3.1.2.7 MINNIE A.
4.0.0.0 2.8 ALVIN
4.0.0.0.0.0 ESTHER
1.1.3.1.2.10 ANNA MAE
ROBERT
was a barber – the first barber in Humphrey,
Nebraska. He opened his shop in 1886 and was living at 564 S. Oak St. in
1900. ROBERT was the executor of his
uncle’s (William Joseph) estate after William’s death in 1923. ANNA is listed in the 1930 Hoffhine’s Columbus, Nebraska
Directory under Platte County Rural Personal Taxpayers in Humphrey (ROBERT is
not listed). ANNA was the daughter of
German parents. ROBERT and ANNA are
buried in the Humphrey
City Cemetery.
6.0.0.0.0
DAVID LEWIS
B. 1867 (Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio)
A. After 1914
M. MAGGIE
C. Unknown
DAVID
was a farmer. He was living in Spencer, Nebraska,
in 1915.
7.0.0.0.0
LYDIA LEWIS
B. 1869 (Minersville, Meigs County, Ohio)
A. After 1914
M. GUS MERRICK
C. Two
The
family lived near Osmond, Nebraska.
8.0.0.0.0
HARRIET LEWIS
B. March, 1871 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1914
M. JAMES LEGGET 1897
C. Five
JAMES
was a farmer in Platte
County.
9.0.0.0.0
DIANNA LEWIS
B. 1872 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1885 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
DIANNA
is shown living with her parents in the 1880 and 1885 Platte County
censuses.
10.0.0.0.0 MARTHA JANE LEWIS
B. 1874 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1885 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
MARTHA
JANE is shown living with her parents in the 1880 and 1885 Platte County
censuses.
11.0.0.0.0 FRANCIS LEWIS
B. January 15, 1875 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1914
M. STELLA 1897
C. Six
FRANCIS
(or FRANK) was a farmer in Pierre, Wayne County, Nebraska.
12.0.0.0.0 JOHN H. LEWIS
B. March 15, 1877 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. January 14, 1936 (Platte
County, Nebraska)
M. CATHERINE (KITTIE) 1900
B.
March 18, 1879 (Wisconsin)
D.
March 20, 1965 (Platte County, Nebraska)
C. 1.1.3.1.9.1 RAYMOND
1.1.3.1.9.2 PLOWIN
1.1.3.1.9.3 VERNA
1.1.3.1.9.4 CATHERINE
1.1.3.1.9.5 MABLE
JOHN
was listed as a farm laborer in the 1900 Platte County
census. He was living with his wife,
KITTIE, at the home of his parents.
KITTIE’s father was born in Wales
and her mother in Wisconsin. JOHN is listed along with his wife and family
in the 1923 Farmer’s Directory for Joliet
Township. He was farming 80 acres. JOHN became a farmer near Belvedere, Platte County. JOHN, CATHERINE, and MABLE are all buried in
the Postville Welsh
Church cemetery, Platte County.
13.0.0.0.0 WILLIAM LEWIS
B. January, 1878 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1914
M. GRACE 1906
C. One
WILLIAM
was a farmer near Belvedere, Platte
County.
14.0.0.0.0 SARAH ANNA LEWIS
B. December, 1878 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1914
M. JOHN FITZSIMMONS
C. Unknown
SARAH
was working as a servant in 1900. She
and her husband later moved to California.
15.0.0.0.0 Baby Girl LEWIS
B. abt. 1883 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. abt. May 23, 1883
(Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
This
daughter died at a young age. A notice
of her death appeared in the Columbus
Journal on May 23, 1883:
LEWIS and RIVET--Our Shell Creek correspondent's letter
comes too late for insertion in full. We quote the following paragraph:
"Mr. Robt. Lewis lost one of his children, the smallest one, but not the
least in the parents' affections. County
Commissioner Rivet also
lost his grown up son Patrick, a young man of some education, refinement, and
much promise. Thus two of our good neighbors have been sorely afflicted. Every
one sympathizes with them."
16.0.0.0.0 ELIZABETH LEWIS
B. March, 1884 (Postville, Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1923
M. HENRY ALBERS 1908
B.
January 18, 1885 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D.
After 1942
C. 1.1.3.1.13.1 ROBERT H.
1.1.3.1.13.2 CARROLL L.
1.1.3.1.13.3 CATHERINE A.
1.1.3.1.13.4 WALTER F.
1.1.3.1.13.5 ALLEN D.
ELIZABETH
(LIZZIE) was listed as a “servant” in the 1900 Platte County Census. She was living with her parents. HENRY is listed in the 1901 School Census for
Platte County.
Shortly before her marriage, she helped provide the music for a funeral
at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbus,
according to the Columbus Journal of
July 22, 1908. The October 7, 1908 Columbus Journal lists the issuance of a
marriage license for HENRY, 23 and LIZZIE, 24.
HENRY was first a carpenter in Columbus, Nebraska, and later a farmer in Platte
County and South Dakota. HENRY, ELIZABETH, and family are listed in
the Farmer’s Directory of Lost Creek Township, Platte County,
in 1923 farming 160 acres. HENRY is also
listed in the Lost Creek Farmer’s Directory of 1942. The name of their farm, located near Platte Center,
was “Rose Valley”.
Eventually the family moved to California.
Children
of Lorenzo and Hannah (Johnson) Joseph
1.1.3.3.1
LOTTIE MAY JOSEPH
B. May 16, 1885 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. June 3, 1942 (Platte County, Nebraska)
M1. ARTHUR JONES MASON August 7, 1901 (Platte
County, Nebraska)
B. abt. 1881 (Red Oak, Iowa)
D. Date Unknown
M2 Mr. BACON By 1925
B.
Date Unknown
D.
Date Unknown
M3 FREDERICK GEORGE NOVELL January 18, 1926 (David City, Nebraska)
B.
May 24, 1872 (Copenhagen, New York)
D.
January 28, 1943 (Platte County, Nebraska)
C. Husband 1 – Mr. MASON
Five – 3
boys and 2 girls
LOTTIE
was a twin. Here is the birth
announcement from the June 10, 1885, Columbus
Journal:
BIRTHS
JOSEPH--Mrs. Lorenzo Joseph presented her husband with a pair of twin baby
girls a few days ago. Mother and girls are well and so is of course Lorenzo,
looking almost a head taller than before.
LOTTIE
is listed as “at school” in the 1900 Platte
County census. She was living with her guardian, Arthur Smith,
and his wife Sarah (possibly her aunt) in Burrows Township. She is listed in the 1901 School Census for Platte County
as “Scottie” Joseph. FRED’s first wife,
MARY HANEY, died in 1914. FRED owned a
bowling alley in Columbus, Nebraska,
for a time, and was later a carpenter and cabinet maker who built many homes in
the Columbus
area. FRED and LOTTIE made their home in
Columbus for
two years after their marriage. Then
FRED retired from active carpentry and they moved to a farm seven miles south
of Columbus
where FRED had built a home in 1927.
LOTTIE died after a three-year illness.
FRED died at the home of his daughter.
LOTTIE and FRED are buried in the Columbus
(Nebraska)
Cemetery.
1.1.3.3.2
Unknown Girl JOSEPH
B. May 16, 1885 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. Abt. November 4, 1885
(Platte County, Nebraska)
This
baby girl and LOTTIE above were twins.
(See birth announcement above)
The announcement of the death of this twin was in the November 4, 1885,
edition of the Columbus Journal:
JOSEPHS--Mr. Lorenzo Josephs has lost one of his little twin
daughters by summer complaint. [Shell Creek]
1.1.3.3.3
JENNIE E. JOSEPH
B. July 1, 1886 (Platte
County, Nebraska)
D. Date Unknown
M. Mr. CLEASBY
JENNIE
is listed as “at school” in the 1900 Platte
County census. She was living with her guardian, Arthur
Smith, and his wife Sarah (possibly her aunt) in Burrows Township. JENNIE is listed in the 1901 School Census
for Platte County.
JENNIE later moved with her guardians to Caledonia, Ontario, Canada. JENNIE later moved to Pasadena, California
and was there on August 18, 1947, when her cousin, Frank Joseph, mentioned her
in his will.
1.1.3.3.4
ANNA L. JOSEPH
B.
July, 1889 or December 25, 1889 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. Date Unknown
ANNA
is listed as “at school” in the 1900 Platte
County census. She was living with her guardian, Arthur
Smith, and his wife Sarah (possibly her aunt) in Burrows Township. ANNA later moved with her guardians to Caledonia, Ontario,
Canada.
1.1.3.3.5
ESTELLA L. JOSEPH
B. July 28, 1891 or December, 1891
(Platte County, Nebraska)
D. Date Unknown
ESTELLA
is listed as “at school” in the 1900 Platte
County census. She was living with her guardian, Arthur
Smith, and his wife Sarah (possibly her aunt) in Burrows Township. She is listed in the 1901 School Census for Platte County. ESTELLA later moved with her guardians to Caledonia, Ontario,
Canada.
1.1.3.3.6
DAVID H. JOSEPH
B. May 7, 1893 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. Date Unknown
DAVID
is listed as “at school” in the 1900 Platte
County census. He was living with his guardian, Arthur
Smith, and his wife Sarah (possibly his aunt) in Burrows Township. He is listed in the 1901 School Census for Platte County. DAVID later moved with his guardians to Caledonia, Ontario,
Canada.
Children
of Joseph and Rachel (Krieger) Joseph
1.1.3.4.1
SARAH JOSEPH
B. September 24, 1882 (Platte
County, Nebraska)
D.August 21, 1883 (Platte County, Nebraska)
SARAH’s
death was reported in the August 29, 1883, issue of the Columbus Journal. The
article reads:
DIED
JOSEPH--Several cases of dysentery have occurred, one of which resulted in
death. It was that of a little child--the only one of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Joseph. The funeral was well attended, seventeen wagons following the little
coffin. The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. A. Heurich.
Little SARAH is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic
Methodist Cemetery in Platte
County.
1.1.3.4.2
WILLIAM E. JOSEPH
B. August, 1884 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. May 30, 1960 (Platte County, Nebraska)
WILLIAM’s
birth was announced in the September 3, 1884, edition of the Columbus Journal. It reads:
BIRTHS
JOSEPH--Mrs. Joseph Joseph has got a bouncing boy and Joe. got
heels under his boots. Mrs. Bricker, the mother-in-law, was out on a nine weeks
visit, but since that splendid grandson has come, she returned home to Iowa.
WILLIAM
is listed as a farm laborer in the 1900 Platte
County census for Joliet Township. He attended school two months in the
preceding twelve. He is listed in the
1901 School Census, June 19th, for Platte County
as W. Joseph, a 16-year-old. WILLIAM is
listed as a landowner (probably his father’s farm) in Joliet
Township in the 1914 Tax List for Platte County. WILLIAM is also listed in a farm census in
1923 in Platte County.
WILLIAM is listed again in the 1930 Columbus City Directory for Platte County
– boarding at 3216 17th
Street. In
the same directory, WILLIAM is listed in the Hoffhine’s 1930 Columbus,
Nebraska Directory of Platte County Rural
Personal Taxpayers as a taxpayer in Monroe, Joliet Township.
WILLIAM is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County.
1.1.3.4.3
DAVID H. JOSEPH
B. May 8, 1889 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. May 29, 1891 (Platte County,
Nebraska)
DAVID
is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County.
1.1.3.4.4
FRANK JOSEPH
B. November, 1892 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. February 28, 1965 (Platte County, Nebraska)
FRANK
is listed in the 1900 Platte County census for Joliet Township. Like his brother, he attended school two
months in the preceding twelve. FRANK is
listed in the 1901 School Census for Platte
County as a
9-year-old. He is listed on the 1917
draft list for Platte
County and served in WW I
as a private in the 10th Trench Mortar Battery. FRANK is also listed in the 1930 Columbus
City Directory for Platte
County as a salesman,
boarding at 3216 17th
Street (his sister JENNIE’s house). FRANK is also listed as the owner/taxpayer
for land in Monroe, Joliet
Township, in the Hoffhine’s 1930 Columbus, Nebraska
Directory of Platte County Rural Personal
Taxpayers. FRANK’s will was written on
August 18, 1947, in Pasadena, California,
and indicated that he was an employee of the City of Los
Angeles and the State of California.
Heirs were to be sister Jennie and brother William –
except for the proceeds of a life insurance policy, which were to go to his
cousin Jennie Cleasby of Pasadena. FRANK is buried in the First Welsh
Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery, Platte
County and is honored
both in the special military display and with a flag inside the church.
1.1.3.4.5
JENNIE JOSEPH
B. June, 1894 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1964
M1 JOHN FRY (February 17, 1916, Columbus, Platte
County, Nebraska)
B.
1891 (England)
D. 1919 (Platte County, Nebraska)
M2 GLEN DRAWBAUGH
JENNIE
is listed in the 1900 Platte County census for Joliet Township. She is also listed in the 1901 School Census
for Platte County as a 6-year-old. JOHN was the son of HENRY FRY. JOHN is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic
Methodist Cemetery, Platte
County. JENNIE moved from the farm into Columbus and lived first
at 3216 17th Street.
SIXTH GENERATION
Children
of Robert and Anna S. Lewis
1.1.3.1.2.1
CARL A. LEWIS
B. February, 1895 (Platte County, Nebraska)
E. June 17, 1991
M. MARGARET HEINEN
B.
Date Unknown
D.
January 25, 1963
CARL
was living with his parents in Humphrey, Platte County,
in the 1900 census.
1.1.3.1.2.2
EARL R. LEWIS
B. June, 1896 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. April 20, 1925
M. Unknown
C. 1.1.3.1.2.2.1 BERNICE
1.1.3.1.2.2.2 KENNETH
EARL
was living with his parents in Humphrey, Platte County,
in the 1900 census. EARL served on the
USS Delaware with the Navy in World War I; his rank is given as MU2. BERNICE was born about 1921 and KENNETH about
1922.
1.1.3.1.2.3
VERN WILLIAM LEWIS
B. January, 1898 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. November 20, 1969
M. GERTRUDE WITTLER
B.
Date Unknown
D.
August 8, 1990
VERN
was living with his parents in Humphrey, Platte County,
in the 1900 census. VERN served in the
Army in World War I as a private with the Student Army Training Corps.
1.1.3.1.2.4
ERVIN E. LEWIS
B. August, 1899 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. March 8, 1972
M. HELEN D. BATES
B.
Date Unknown
D.
December 6, 1994
ERVIN
was living with his parents in Humphrey, Platte County,
in the 1900 census. Like his brother
VERN, ERVIN served in the Army in World War I as a private with the Student
Army Training Corps.
ERVIN
is buried in the Humphrey City Cemetery,
Platte County.
1.1.3.1.2.5
RAYMOND L. LEWIS
B. ca, 1901 (Platte County, Nebraska)
E. After 1925
1.1.3.1.2.6
LUCILLE LEWIS
B. ca. 1903 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D. After 1925
1.1.3.1.2.7
MINNIE A. LEWIS
B. June 22, 1905 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D.January 10, 1964 (Platte County, Nebraska)
M. Mr. ANTHONY
MINNIE
is buried in Humphrey City Cemetery,
Platte County.
1.1.3.1.2.8
ALVIN LEWIS
B. ca. 1907 (Platte County, Nebraska)
F. After 1925
1.1.3.1.2.9
ESTHER LEWIS
B. ca. 1909 (Platte County, Nebraska)
D.After 1925
1.1.3.1.2.10
ANNA MAE LEWIS
B. ca. 1911 (Platte
County, Nebraska)
D. After 1925
Children
of John and Catherine Lewis
1.1.3.1.9.1
RAYMOND LEWIS
B. Date Unknown
G. Date Unknown
M. BERTHA JONES
B.
January, 1903
C. Unknown
RAYMOND
is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County. BERTHA lives in Columbus, Nebraska.
1.1.3.1.9.2
PLOWIN LEWIS
B. Date Unknown
H. Date Unknown
1.1.3.1.9.3
VERNA LEWIS
B. Date Unknown
D.Date Unknown
1.1.3.1.9.4
CATHERINE LEWIS
B. Date Unknown
D.Date Unknown
1.1.3.1.9.5
MABLE LEWIS
B. October 28, 1902
D. October 2, 1908
MABLE
is buried in the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery in Platte County.
